What's On This Weekend In Toronto | 09.18.15 – 09.20.15

Explore Toronto this weekend with The Culture Trip Toronto’s selection of unmissable events. Try the culinary delights at the Toronto Food & Wine Festival; embrace your inner wizard and check out the Lockhart, Toronto’s Harry Potter-inspired bar; or hear a live band at the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF). As ever, there are opportunities aplenty to entertain ourselves this weekend — and it’s going to be a good one.

TURF | Toronto Urban Roots Festival

Until Sunday

Toronto Urban Roots Festival is back at Fort York with a lineup that will surely please all of you indie-music lovers: Neko Case, Of Monsters and Men, Pixies, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Avett Brothers… the list goes on. TURF Day passes are available for purchase in addition to the full weekend festival pass.

Toronto Oktoberfest

Friday 6pm-11pm and Saturday 11:30am-11pm

Embrace your inner Bavarian, because it’s that time of year again: Toronto Oktoberfest. Check out 3 Reasons You Cannot Miss Oktoberfest and head to Ontario Place to partake in all of the important activities: indulge in pretzels, beer and schnitzel, and then get your chicken dance on. Buying tickets online? Use the codeword ‘CULTURE’ to save $5!

TIFF | Toronto International Film Festival

Until Sunday

It’s the final weekend of TIFF before the Toronto International Film Festival officially closes on Sunday, September 20. By all accounts, TIFF’s 40th anniversary has been a huge success. Missed out on tickets and hoping to catch a screening? Tickets are still being made available online at 7am each morning, and you can always get in line for rush tickets prior to showtime.

Toronto Food & Wine Festival

Friday-Sunday

For the first time, the critically-acclaimed FOOD & WINE Festival comes to Toronto, taking place all weekend at Evergreen Brick Works. Check out our 5 Reasons Toronto Food & Wine Festival is not to be missed. With epicurean delights from beginning to end, samples, workshops, and celebrity chef talks, this new annual festival promises the ultimate culinary weekend.

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Friday-Sunday 10:30am-6:30pm

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, a must-stop for any art enthusiast, foregoes the traditional art gallery with the great (urban) outdoors. As Toronto’s first, largest, and longest running outdoor art fair, the Exhibition has been on the scene since 1961. Held at Nathan Phillips Square, the Exhibition showcases the work of over 350 artists. This is your chance to interact directly with the artists in a sunny, outdoor setting, and to walk away with some original artwork to spruce up your place (and impress friends).

The Lockhart

The Lockhart

Open Tues-Fri 5pm-Late, Sat-Sun 10:30am-Late

Since this Harry Potter-inspired bar opened last weekend, muggles across Toronto have been lining up and down Dundas Street to pay a visit to The Lockhart. The Lockhart’s drinks menu includes a quality list of creative cocktail infusions. Close out summer with the Beach House — Four Roses bourbon, lemon juice, egg white, agave, lemon bitter, and cherry garnish. If you’re hungry, Chef Bart Bowler serves up tapas-style dishes, including baked brie, deep-fried jalapeño mac ‘n cheese sliders, and gourmet popcorn. Need we say more? Trust us, The Lockhart is well worth the queue.

Meal service:

Brunch

Atmosphere:

Speakeasy, Cosy

Stella Artois Sensorium

Until September 27

Stella Artois’ Sensorium, a highly unique immersive dining experience, has been the talk of Toronto. Stella Artois has paired a world-renowned chef with a team of sensory experts. Diners enter the ‘sensorial dome’ — a 360 degree experience with video and interactive elements designed to amplify all of your senses throughout the night. Unsurprisingly, dining tickets are sold out, but you still have a chance to win tickets by visiting one of their participating bars or restaurants.

The Leslieville Flea

Sunday 10am-5pm

Thrifty bargain hunters and antique lovers regularly flock to the Leslieville Flea. A ‘curated market,’ you’ll find vintage, salvaged, upcycled goods, furniture, antiques and collectibles available from over 50 vendors. This is the second last Flea of 2015, so don’t miss out. Embrace the cooler weather, grab some sort of pumpkin-spiced caffeinated beverage, and get your flea on.